Coming To The Flash: Super-Iris!

On one end of the CW DC Universe you have the mopey, shadow-filled world of Oliver Queen and Arrow. On the other end of the spectrum you have the anything-goes goofy party that is Legends of Tomorrow. And smack in the middle you have The Flash, which isn’t afraid to be silly yet puts its characters in some threatening situations.

In an upcoming episode revealed this week, Barry’s team will be up against a Metahuman who has the ability to switch people’s DNA around. How useful is that? If your opponent has powers, you can just will them into someone else! That means for at least one episode, Barry won’t be the Fastest Human Alive…his other half, who happened to be standing around, will.

Since Cisco never misses an opportunity to brand new superheroes, he has to make a suit for Iris and give her a nickname (“Speed Queen”). And here’s what she looks like!

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I actually think this is better than the costume Black Lightning got, and that one’s permanent while this one unfortunately will have just one appearance. It’s probably the light-up lighting bolts that make Mr. Lightning look bad. This by contrast is more subtle and stylish.

Watch for Speed Queen in “Run Iris Run,” the episode of The Flash airing March 13.